China to ban ‘nasty’ family planning slogans

CHINA: China is ordering local officials to stop using threatening slogans to enforce its strict “one-child” policy, state media has reported.

The government wants to ban slogans like: “Kill all your family members if you don't follow the rule” and “We would rather scrape your womb than allow you to have a second child,” the Shanghai Daily said at the weekend.

China, the world's most populous country with more than 1.3 billion people, introduced the “one-child” policy in 1979.

Despite calls for relaxation, Chinese officials say the policy is still needed, claiming over-population threatens the country's development.

But the National Population and Family Planning Commission aims to prevent zealous local authorities from offending the public or worsening social tensions with “nasty” slogans, the newspaper said. AFP